Skinnarviksberget, Stockholm

Skinnarviksberget is a rocky height within Skinnarviksparken, rising to 53 metres above sea level. It is Stockholm’s highest natural point inside the old toll boundaries, with a broad outlook across Riddarfjärden and toward Kungsholmen. The rock has a working history as well as a dramatic view: the name comes from skinners and tanners who carried out their trade here in the 1600s.

Their craft needed plentiful water and produced strong smells, so they settled beside Riddarfjärden. An inventory from 1658 records Jöran Marckusson-Skinnare as both a tanner and landowner at Skinnarewicks-gatun, the street now called Ludvigsbergsgatan. You can also take in the wider panorama named for this hill: Norr Mälarstrand, Gamla stan, Stockholm City Hall and many church towers. A radio mast marks the summit, adding a distinctly modern detail to this historic height.